Metallic railway-tie and rail-fastener.



S. MORANO.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTEN'ER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I5. I9I8.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

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SAM MORANO, OF WENDEL, WEST VIRGINIA.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTEN'ER.

Application filed October 15, 1918. Serial No. 258,155.'

To vall whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM MoRANo, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Wendel, in the county of Taylor and State of \West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to'certain new and useful improvements in metallic railway ties and rail fasteners and has among its principal objects, the provision of such type of device which is extremely simple in plan of construction and light in weight although durable and eil'ective in operation.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a railway tie which may be manufactured in a number of separate light parts or castings which may be readily assembled in rigid compact form.

A still further object of the present invention is the provision of a railway tie of extremely light weight which includes a novel and improved means for rigidly fastening rails thereon in their proper spaced relation.

l/Vith the above general objects in view and others that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present invention with fragments of rails operatively secured thereon, one of the rails being shown in horizontal section,

Fig. 2 is a view partly in longitudinal section and partly in side elevation taken sub- I, V stantially upon line II-II of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view upon an enlarged scale taken substantially upon line III-III of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4: is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially upon line IV-IV of Fig. 2 with the adjacent rail removed, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the keys employed for holding the pivoted rail base clamps in clamping posi-v tion. i

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present invention embodies a railway tie including a pair of similar parallel spaced Side bars 5 which are rigidly connected at their opposite ends by transverse supporting blocks 6 secured against the underfaces of the side bars 5 as shown in Fig. 2 in any suitable manner. The side bars 5 are additionally connected at a point inwardly of the blocks 6 by means of transverse bolts 7 which pass through said side bars and through axial bores in the spacing blocks 8. The heads 9 of bolts 7 may be received in suitable polygonal recesses pro` vided in the outer face of one of said side bars so as to prevent the bolts from turning and suitable nuts 10 are screwed upon the opposite ends of the bolts 7 within recesses 11 provided in the outer face of the other side bar 5.

Substantiallyy H-shaped castings 12 are positioned in spaced relation between the side bars 5 inwardly of the spacing blocks 8 and these castings are rigidly maintained in position by bolts 13 extending through the side bars and the parallel legs 14 of the castings 12 in a manner similar to that in which the bolts 7 secure the blocks 8 in position.

The side bars 5 are provided with two pairs of transversely alined and oppositely outwardly directed lugs 15 which are integral with and extend upwardly from said side bars a distance inwardly from the spacing blocks 8. These lugs 15 are in parallel spaced relation and are arranged to engage 'the bases 16 of the rails 17 at widely separated points so as tolirmly hold said rails from displacement out of their parallel rela* tion, it being noted that the overhanging portions 18 of the lugs 15 snugly engage the adjacent portion of the upper face of the rail base.

Adjacent the ends of the tie at points inwardly of the spacing blocks 8, there are provided transverse pivot rods 19 whose ends are suitably secured in the side bars 5 and which extend through arms 20 formed integral with the castings 12. The arms 2O extend from the outer sides of the castings 12 in alinement with the transverse bars* thereof to extend between the side bars 5 parallel thereto.

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Pivotally mounted upon the rods 19 at Aopposite sides of the arms 2O are pairs of similar rail base-engaging members 21, each pair being rigidly connected by a transverse strip 22 having its ends secured in suitable grooves 23 in the upper faces of the members 21 by means of screws or the like 2e. The overhanging portions of the members 21 are arranged to engage the upper face of the adjacent rail bases in a manner similar to that heretofore mentioned in connection with the lugs 15, it being noted that the pair of members 21 at one end of the tieis di rected toward those at the other end of the tie. i

1n order to effectively maintain the clamping members 21 in their operativev p ositions as clearlyshown in Figs. 1 and 2, there are provided wedge-shaped keys 25 which, when operatively positioned, lie within sockets 26 in the upper faces of the arms 2O and sockets, 27 in the upper faces of the side bars 5 (see Fig. 2).y In order. to maintain the keys 25 in the sockets 26 and 27, suitable brackets 28 are secured to` the upper faces of the side bars 5 above the sockets 27 by any suitable means such as screws 29. rl`he keys 25 are slidably positioned in place so that the inner edges 30 thereof atly engage the outer vertical faces of the adjacent pair of members21 to thereby prevent movement of the latter outwardly and downwardly away from the rails 17. The small end of each key 25 is transversely apertured as at 31 to receive a drift pin 32 in order to prevent laccidental dis.- placement of said keys.

By reason of the fact that the pivot rods 19 extend through the arms 2O as well as the side bars '5, said pivot rods. havey a three point mounting whereby the same are maintained against readily being bent or dam'- aged. The outer free ends of the arms 20 are spaced from the adjacent spacing blocks 8 so that the members 22 connecting the pairs of clampingmembersQl may pass. therebetween and thereby'allow saidf members 21 to be swung backwardly. to,` such an extent as to be entirely below the plane of the upper faces of the bars 5. Obviously, this provides an arrangement whereby the rails 17 may be readily 4slid toward each other into engagement with the lugs 151 with- Y out serious obstruction, the members "21 being` at that time entirely out of the way.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the constructionfand operation of the present invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art and while the form off the invention herein shown and described is what is. believedl to be the preferable` embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the form, combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A metallic railway tie coi'iiprising a pair of parallel spaced side bars, substantially H- shaped castings arranged in spaced relation between said side bars with the ends of the parallel legs thereof contacting the inner faces of said side bars, means to secure said castings in position between said yside bars, and rail fastening means associated' with said side bars and said castings.

2. A metallic'railway tie and rail fastener comprising a pair of spaced parallel Side bars, a pair Qt Substantially tf1-,Shaped castings ydisposed in spacedfrelation between said side bars with the parallel legs thereof extending. transversely/of the space between said side bars, means to Secure said castings in position, said castings being provided with oppositely extending', lateral arms arranged between andparallel with said side bars, oppositely and eutw-ardly directed rfail baseengaging lugs extending upwardly rom thereof, Vtransverse pivot rods4 securedV in said casting arms and said side bars, rigidly connected pairs of rail-base clamping menibers p'vvoted on said pivot lrods at., opposite sides of said casting arms, andy means tcr releasably maintain said pivoted rail clamping members in upwardly sweeelampies plosition.

3. A metallic railway tie and rail fastener comprising a pair of parallel spaced side bars, a plurality lof substantially Erl-shaped castings arranged between said side bars with the parallel legs thereof' extending transversely across the spacenbetween said. side bars, boltsV extending through side bars and said'paralle'l` legs.` of the. castings to secure. saidbars', and castings. inposition, integral outwardly directed. transversely alined pairs. of rail base engaging lugs carried by said side bars, rigidly.l connected pairs of upwardly. and Yinwardly swingable rail. base clamping members pivotally mounted between said sidej bars. for. movement to operative,positions'i toward. said lugs, andV wedgey keys extending transversely. of said side bars ltol maintain pivoted clamping. members in their. operativepositions.l 'n

4. metallic. railway tieand rail, fastener comprising, a pair ofk parallel spaced side bars having spaced pairs" of transversely alined outwardly directed lugs, extending upwardly therefrom and rigid therewith, said side bars beingl provided withK transverse grooves adjacent their ends, spacer blocks extending transversely betweenY said side bars, bolts extending through. said; side bars and the said Spacer blocks, substantially ll-shaped castings arranged inwardly of said spacer blocks between said sidebars,

and parallel with said side bars and pro 5 vided with grooves in the free ends thereof,

pivot rods mounted in said side bars and said arms, rail base clamping members pivotally carried by said pivot rods, and wedge keys extending transversely of the tie withln the grooves of the side bars and arms to maintain the rail clamping members in upwardly swung operative position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAM MORANO.

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